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The world displayed : or, A curious collection of voyages and travels (1795)

Author: Smart, Christopher, 1722-1771; Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784; Harrison, William, ca. 1750-1803; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL; Boston Public Library (John Adams Library) BRL
Volume: 8
Subject: Voyages and travels; Discoveries in geography; Explorers; Voyages and travels
Publisher: Philadelphia : Publish'd by Dobelbower, Key, and Simpson
Language: English
Call number: 39999053069504
Digitizing sponsor: Internet Archive
Book contributor: John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
Collection: johnadamsBPL; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

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Each volume has engraved frontispiece signed: W. Harrison Senr. sculpt

Issued in parts

Plates signed: Scot & Allerdice, J. Seymour, F. Shallus, W. Barker, J. Thackara, E. Trenchard, J. Trenchard, F. Reiche; [12] plates are unsigned

This edition contains the same material, with a few additions, as the 20 vol. edition published by T. Carnan and F. Newbery London (L.C. set, partly 3rd and partly 4th edition, 1762-90)

"Printed by John Thompson."--colophon, v. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. Vol. 1-5 published in 1795; v. 6-8 in 1796

Plates engraved by James Thackara, Robert Scot & Samuel Allardice, Frederick Reiche, Joseph Seymour, Francis Shallus, Edward C. Trenchard, James Trenchard, and William Barker

Errors in paging: v. 1, p. 313, 453 misnumbered 213, 423; v. 3, p. 341 misnumbered 241; v. 4, p. 360, 455, 457-472 misnumbered 334, 445, 449-464; v. 6, p. 115, 460 misnumbered 113, 450; v. 7, p. 298, 446 misnumbered 268, 644; v. 8, p. 317, 326, 434 misnumbered 137, 26, 334

"List of subscribers ..."--v. 8, 26 p. at end

Signatures: v. 1, pi1 A-3R; v. 2, pi1 A-3L; v. 3, pi1 A-3P(3P4 verso blank); v. 4, pi1 A-3N; v. 5, pi1 A-3O3P(-3P4) (3P3 verso blank); v. 6, pi1 A-3M; v. 7, pi1 A-3R3S(-3S4); v. 8, pi1 A-3M²A-C²D1

John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library

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Forbes, D.W. Hawaii

Parsons, W. Catholic Americana (additions)

Also available on microfilm (vols.1-3)

Also available on microfilm (vols.4-6)

Also available on microfilm (vols.7-8)

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John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894

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